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S. 0. BIGNEY.

BELT BUCKLE. -APPLICATION FILED mus 24'. 1920.

0,3 0, Patented Nov! 30 5 -1920.

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- logallzulwm it a'nay cmwermv he front plate .llleeh off these siile s her-smelter sliown as being provided Bjeitknown; that I S DNEY G" Bier- 5; if'. 1 Wit v '1 i l ,1 V I h (lnitedbmces, i-esicline eglg hisears l5 pierccecl Ll Io}: the i'eception 0t lllehoro in the county of BllStOl Elteie pivot pins or lugs 15 formed on the side 5 of Massachusetts, have invented. certain new and useful lmprovefments in Belhllnekles, of which the following is a specilicetien,

T his invention relates to belt hnelcles there; em leaving a bar 18 thereby aiming the class ecla )teel to bind a hell; in ad? a hail throu h which the end 19 0f the belt may 3e edges of the clamp lever 16;

position about the body of the Wee: j and passed and secured.

ehe in-Yention has for its object iOPlQVlflE) e fin 'the under side of ehis clamp lever-I buckle of the clamp lever type in Which'tlioh vejjn'ovided pair of ears 20 in which E lever is provided with a roller for binding" have lQllltfibly mounted a roll 21, i'she surl'he belt egeii'islv the inner face offehe OQCly face of which yell is preferably coiruggate. of the buckle with, rolling to pieveni'; This I Oll may he pivoted in these ears 2O abreding or injuring the belt iipon heii J so by the insertion of pins or by any ether engaged, and it is also fennel that such e suiiehle pivoting means. clamp with rolling; grip, may be much in connecting t helt tothis buckle it is more easily IBOIQLl to engi-iging position o ly" necessary to aetech the end 1-9 to the than :1 clamp having a ri 'cl hiking l 1 1 vhile the other encl 22 is passed beneath 'l. he netu i'e enel riLlYZLllJ ges of the ii 2;. Elie lllWlllClly-l lll'lid flanges 23 and also he lion willbe boiler unclei'stehcl when ihe 'l olheath i116 clamp lever, which at this time is lowing detail description taken in so. lippecl up at an angle, as illustrated by (lotlion with the eceempany lines in Fig. 1, permit the ready posi- 25 inveniion residing in he sling of this en l o1: belt ljlleimllhil ermn 'ement oi Qerls as on on the portion in the drawings 0m "1" iiziiion like numerals -v similar parts in the sever .e'ver swings Cl mi 1011 shown in ful lines, which Causes Zhe 1- fill to en wien 22 {if the belt and nly bind 41 the hotly iinpreved roller gri; hucl belt;

Fig. 2 is e pei'speclii'e view shse' '01 it to slip under side of the clamp with ll {his igithout ping clamp mounted the c I immune; the

Fig 3 is :1, plan View of 'l the chimp level: i PFQYlClIDg e Fig. l is e cential 'lii'ensvei cad of a lixecl &6 through the lever we is clamp neg: elonn into Fig; 5 is a perspective iew shoivi, 1 the minimum unclei sicle of tiny improved hn li'le. gifmping roller It is found in pi'aetice that f' the face of lip which is formed on the f 4: 5. ip buckle, has asienelene anal injure i he L lily it which ell i the use of my roller lever The following is e (letsil 12 in ionone construction h'y wnicli ifih pilfi O l grip on a belt may he aceom ii d rected lVith reference to the (lliUJ-Fll lllllStl'litLd naiies the body of (he lnicl-cle ml 1" owl thnt i 1'6 foi'ined of precious oi? plated I k I mg to all the provided. "h two side 1llSll 1 he. Y ges lo whieh the device is a l snhsiientially righl' angles to 'ihe plane 01 I This clamp level is preferably formed of shee steel: and has is portion 17 reino'vel ien el its normallimited only by the terms of the appended clamp lever pivotally mounted in said body and a roller carried by said lever for engaging and binding the belt against the body with a rolling grip.

'2. A belt buckle comprising a body, a clamp lever pivotally mounted in said body and to which one end of the belt is adapted to be secured. a roller clamp carried by said lever to engage the other end of said belt with a rolling grip to bind the same against the inner face of said body portion.

3. A belt buckle comprising a body having rearwardly turned side walls, a clamp lever pivotally mounted in said Walls a portion of said lever forming a bail for receiving one end of the belt, pivot ears on the under side of said lever, and a roller clamp mounted in said ears to engage the other portion of the belt with a rolling grip to bind the same against the inner face of the body portion.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si ature.

SIDNEY O. BIGi EY. 

